Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver will be relocating her Traverse City office from a privately owned office building to the Traverse City State Building by the end of the year. “I have said repeatedly over the years that ...

Associated Press reporter David Eggert writes that “Michigan Supreme Court justices face a tricky balancing act when attempting to write rules on when to step aside in cases involving a campaign donor.” The court has long wrestled with the disqualification ...

Michigan Supreme Court justices will take more time to consider rules directing themselves to step aside from cases if they have a conflict of interest, reports The Associated Press. The court held a public hearing on the issue Wednesday but ...

“Ms. Sarkis’ testimony that her drink glass ‘flew out of her hand’ would seem to contradict most known laws of physics and, in my judgment, constitutes an insufficient basis for proceeding to trial.” - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman’s ...

A recent case before the Michigan Supreme Court is destined to become one of those “silly criminal” filler stories that are sometimes tucked away in newspaper classified ad sections. But the case produced a serious difference of opinion between two ...

We’re still 18 months away from the next time we select Michigan Supreme Court justices but a quick visit to the Michigan Democratic Party’s Web site might convince you that Election Day was just around the corner. Having dispatched Cliff ...

The “new minority” on the Michigan Supreme Court, Justices Maura Corrigan, Robert Young and Stephen Markman, is complaining that the “new majority,” Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, and Justices Michael Cavanagh, Elizabeth Weaver and Diane Hathaway, is ignoring established precedent. In ...

A state prison inmate will finally be able to mount a circuit-court challenge of an administrative determination that he intentionally kicked a prison guard while trying to escape. The Michigan Supreme Court, on a 5-2 vote, has ordered the Ionia ...

“Tell God the truth but give the judge money,” is a Russian proverb, according to Poetic Justice, a compilation of quotes and sayings about the legal profession edited by Jonathan and Andrew Roth. The proverb unabashedly alludes to the unseemly ...

“Lawsuit Abuse” is among the Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s top legislative priorities for the Michigan Legislature’s 2009-2010 session. Here’s what chamber members advocate: Protecting current Michigan laws pertaining to general tort, medical liability, consumer protection and products liability, including Michigan’s ...